The European Parliament adopted by 641 votes to 15, with 6 abstentions, a legislative resolution approving, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council directive on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and eggs for hatching (codified version).
The text was approved in accordance with the opinion of Consultative Working Party, consisting of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, which confirmed that the proposal is a straightforward codification of existing texts, without any change in their substance.